Newton County Arrest 4 on Murder Charges

Today, the Newton County Sheriff's Office and Mississippi Bureau of Investigations (MBI) made the last of 4 arrests in the investigation of the murder of Tiarra Pinkston. On July 6, 2023, 911 dispatch was called in reference to a gunshot wound on 309 Violet Street in the city limits of Newton. Upon arrival, the body of Tiarra Pinlkston was found deceased on the couch at her residence from an apparent gunshot wound. The suspects arrested are Azayvian Russell (22), Isaiah West (24), Antonio Skinner (26), J'marion Sherbal (17). All four have been charged with shooting into an occupied dwelling and Capital Murder.

Azayvian Russell was also the suspect in the Marathon Gas station shooting on Decatur Street in Newton on June 20, 2023. He was arrested on that charge on July 9, 2023, by the Newton County Sheriff's Office and MBI. The Newton County Sheriff's Office would like to thank MBI, United States Marshal Service, and Assistant Chief Johnny Martin of the Newton Police Department for their assistance in the case.

"It is a sad day when a person can not lay in their home without fear of bullets entering their house from gutless cowards". Sheriff Joedy Pennington.

Isaiah West (24)

J'marion Sherbal (17)

Antonio Skinner (26)

Azayvian Russell (22)